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Maybe teams are going about this intentionally fouling DeAndre Jordan thing all wrong. Clippers Coach Doc Rivers said the analytics he’s seen have suggested the best time to use the hack-a-whoever strategy is when the score is tied or the fouling team is ahead, not behind. “That’s hard for coaches to do, but analytically they’ll tell you that’s when you should commit the fouls,” Rivers said Friday night after the Memphis Grizzlies’ attempt to rally by repeatedly sending Jordan to the free-throw line failed during a 97-79 loss to the Clippers at FedEx Forum. “You don’t want to take a chance of giving them one more point, but if you...

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Maybe teams are going about this intentionally fouling DeAndre Jordan thing all wrong.Clippers Coach Doc Rivers said the analytics he’s seen have suggested the best time to use the hack-a-whoever strategy is when the score is tied or the fouling team is...

The Clippers play the Chicago Bulls at United Center in Chicago on Sunday at 10 a.m. in what will be their third game of a four-game trip.
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In many ways, Lakers rookie point guard Jordan Clarkson has shown he has the similar skills and makeup of today's shoot-first point guards in the NBA.
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Mike Conley had 21 points and six assists, Marc Gasol finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the league-leading Atlanta Hawks, 94-88, on Sunday at Memphis, Tenn.
The score was tied at 86 after Mike Scott's three-pointer...

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Sorry, Lakers from the 1993-94 season. The record is still yours.
The modern-day Lakers ended a nine-game losing streak, one short of tying the franchise record, after an inspired 123-118 double-overtime victory Thursday against the Chicago Bulls.
The...

The Lakers avoided tying a franchise-worst 10-game losing streak by stopping the bleeding with a hard-fought, 123-118 double-overtime victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night at Staples Center.
With a nine-point advantage with 2:08 left in the...

Kobe Bryant will be sidelined about nine months after undergoing surgery Wednesday morning to repair a torn rotator cuff, the Lakers announced.
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Derrick Rose hit a step-back jumper with seven seconds remaining in overtime, and the Chicago Bulls ended Golden State's franchise-record 19-game home winning streak with a thrilling 113-111 victory over the Warriors on Tuesday.
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Derrick Rose scored 22 points, and the struggling Chicago Bulls beat the San Antonio Spurs, 104-81, on Thursday night.
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Phil Jackson offered a mea culpa for the New York Knicks' awful first half of the season but said he's doing what's best for the franchise's future.
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